Newbie -- Considering Hybrid Purchase

Sharopete wrote:

I sold my hybrid and purchased a large 5th wheel. It is a wonderful trailer, but it is not camping and is really best for two people. It is a luxury home on wheels, 40', 4 slides and requires a correspondingly large tow vehicle. I want to make camping memories with my grandkids and if I mange to sell the fiver, I will probably return to a hybrid. Quite likely another Jayco 23B. All the essentials, but still sleeping under canvas, at least preserving the illusion of camping. :-)

My DW and I are in the same boat. We just sold our motorhome (for a myriad of reasons) and are considering a Hybrid again to get back to 'camping'. Or really 'glamping'. Our kids spent far more time outside enjoying the environment when we had a pop-up and a hybrid - in the motorhome they sat inside it most of the time. Really my motorhome was a rolling apartment. Also for all the big RV resorts we like, we have found they have nice cabins (really destination trailers) fully decked out that have none of the aggravation that comes w/ owning/paying for/maintaining something that big. This year our OC, MD trip will be in one of those cabins; the 3 years prior we had the motorhome down there.

So we're leaning towards a hybrid next year - and we'll use the cabins (OC, MD - Disney) for the big keystone type trips. We'll 'camp' for all our other outings.

At least that's the prevailing wisdom in the house at this particular moment. It could have already changed by now - I'll see when I get home !